The Living Mountain (Canons): A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland: 6

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The language is rich, evocative and accurately records the author’s vision and experience, as though we are there too. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. Something tells me that Sturgeon’s voice and songs will be with me for a long time, and will take me back to these autumn days in Berlin and Brandenburg, forever linked to this particular time and these particular places. It has been translated into a number of different languages and its author, who died in 1981, now graces the Scottish five-pound note.

Strang has exhibited around the UK and abroad, including the Royal Scottish Academy, Gallery One, Berlin and Corte Real Gallery, Portugal. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Mary Shelley's darkly disturbing tale is illustrated by Angela Barrett and newly introduced by Richard Holmes. This book is the final convincing factor in sending me to re-read and enjoy the richness of the best.In her final chapter, Shepherd notes that she understands why Buddhist pilgrims travel to mountains; her journey mirrors theirs: "It is a journey into Being; for as I penetrate more deeply into the mountain’s life, I penetrate also into my own. One autumn afternoon, about ten years ago, I sat on a mountainside in Colorado surrounded by aspens.

The Cairgorms is in essence a huge granite plateau (one of the highest in Europe), with a few bulges, cut through by unsightly rivers, some lochs and especially overgrown with heather.Of course, these songs are not about those places, but they became forever linked with them in my imagination. One of its interesting elements is how closely it links to similar cultural themes emerging from other parts of the world. The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report.